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Table 3 Variations in the direct causes of maternal deaths by socio demographic characteristics: South Africa 2007–2015

From: Maternal mortality by socio-demographic characteristics and cause of death in South Africa: 2007–2015

Variables

Abortion n (%)

Hypertensive disorders n (%)

Other maternal disorders n (%)

Maternal care conditions n (%)

Complications of labour and delivery n (%)

Complications related to puerperium n (%)

Haemorrhage n (%)

Sepsis n (%)

Maternal infectious and parasitic diseases n (%)

Other ill defined

Miscellaneous direct n (%)

Age group (years)

 10–14

6 (0.7)

29 (1.6)

9 (1.6)

4 (0.9)

2 (0.4)

3 (0.5)

2 (0.3)

5 (0.8)

7 (0.4)

21 (0.9)

6 (2.3)

 15–19

89 (10.0)

271 (15.0)

61 (11.00)

50 (11.3)

42 (9.0)

98 (16.4)

64 (10.0)

73 (12.2)

154 (7.9)

231 (9.6)

32 (12.3)

 20–24

197 (22.1)

421 (23.4)

116 (20.9)

71 (16.0)

82 (17.5)

150 (25.0)

127 (19.9)

156 (26.2)

395 (20.4)

506 (21.0)

61 (23.5)

 25–29

231 (25.9)

409 (22.7)

145 (26.1)

91 (20.5)

130 (27.8)

127 (21.2)

147 (23.1)

159 (26.7)

583 (30.1)

631 (26.2)

58 (22.3)

 30–34

213 (23.9)

343 (19.0)

106 (19.1)

109 (24.6)

112 (23.9)

109 (18.2)

158 (24.8)

115 (19.3)

457 (23.6)

547 (22.7)

53 (20.4)

 35–39

113 (12.7)

236 (13.1)

73 (13.1)

84 (19.0)

79 (16.9)

81 (13.5)

88 (13.8)

66 (11.1)

228 (11.8)

310 (12.9)

38 (14.6)

 40+

43 (4.8)

92 (5.1)

46 (8.3)

34 (7.7)

21 (4.5)

31 (5.2)

51 (8.0)

22 (3.7)

115 (15.9)

166 (6.9)

12 (4.6)

 Total

892 (100)

1801 (100)

556 (100)

443(100)

468 (100)

599(100)

637 (100)

596 (100)

1939 (100)

2412 (100)

260 (100)

Province of death

 Western Cape

46 (5.2)

100 (5.6)

27 (4.9)

13 (2.9)

22 (4.7)

53 (5.2)

14 (2.2)

8 (1.3)

100 (5.2)

115 (4.8)

34 (13.1)

 Eastern Cape

98 (11.0)

248 (13.8)

70 (12.6)

60 (13.5)

70 (15.0)

66 (11.0)

96 (15.1)

97 (16.3)

248 (12.8)

286 (11.9)

18 (6.9)

 Northern Cape

13 (1.5)

40 (2.2)

6 (1.1)

11 (2.5)

3 (0.6)

16 (2.7)

11 (1.7)

10 (1.7)

35 (1.8)

58 (2.4)

8 (3.1)

 Free State

54 (6.1)

167 (9.3)

44 (7.9)

28 (6.3)

36 (7.7)

58 (9.7)

43 (6.8)

47 (7.9)

153 (7.9)

229 (9.5)

22 (8.5)

 KwaZulu-Natal

201 (22.5)

304 (16.9)

136 (24.5)

90 (20.3)

89 (19.0)

81 (13.5)

121 (19.0

155 (26.0)

504 (26.0)

478 (19.8)

49 (18.8)

 North West

54 (6.1)

159 (8.8)

44 (7.9)

38 (8.6)

38 (8.1)

46 (7.7)

59 (9.3)

47 (7.9)

144 (7.4)

208 (8.6)

25 (9.6)

 Gauteng

227 (25.4)

380 (21.1)

103 (18.5)

92 (20.8)

111 (23.7)

196 (32.7)

141 (22.1)

104 (17.4)

395 (20.4)

562 (23.3)

68 (26.2)

 Mpumalanga

85 (9.5)

176 (9.8)

50 (9.0)

42 (9.5)

32 (6.8)

37 (6.2)

69 (10.8)

61 (10.2)

188 (9.7)

253 (10.5)

16 (6.2)

 Limpopo

109 (12.2)

224 (12.4)

75 (13.5)

66 (14.9)

66 (14.1)

44 (7.3)

81 (12.7)

65 (10.9)

170 (8.8)

219 (9.1)

20 (7.7)

 Other

5 (0.6)

3 (0.2)

1 (0.2)

3(0.7)

1 (0.2)

2 (0.3)

2 (0.3)

2 (0.3)

2 (0.1)

4 (0.2)

0 (0)

Total

892 (100)

1801 (100)

556 (100)

443(100)

468 (100)

599(100)

637 (100)

596 (100)

1939 (100)

2412 (100)

260 (100)

Place of death

 Health care facility

603 (67.6)

1360 (75.5)

455 (81.8)

347 (78.3)

339 (72.4)

470 (78.5)

457 (71.7)

463 (77.7)

1641 (84.6)

1844 (84.6)

100 (38.5)

 Home

83 (9.3)

138 (7.7)

30 (5.4)

23 (5.2)

26 (5.6)

46 (7.7)

60 (9.4)

77 (12.9)

125 (6.4)

273 (11.3)

68 (26.2)

 Other

206 (23.1)

303 (16.8)

71 (12.8)

73 (16.5)

103 (22.0)

83 (13.9)

120 (18.8)

56 (9.4)

173 (8.9)

295 (12.2)

92 (35.4)

 Total

892 (100)

1801 (100)

556 (100)

443(100)

468 (100)

599(100)

637 (100)

596 (100)

1939 (100)

2412 (100)

260 (100)

Occupation

 Professional

21 (2.4)

41 (2.3)

25 (4.5)

13 (2.9)

17 (3.6)

18 (3.0)

10 (1.6)

7 (1.2)

38 (2.0)

83 (3.4)

3 (1.2)

 Semi-Professional

67 (7.5)

105 (5.8)

37 (6.7)

26 (5.9)

34 (7.3)

33 (5.5)

37 (5.8)

38 (6.4)

160 (8.3)

162 (6.7)

27 (10.4)

 Unspecified

78 (8.7)

256 (14.2)

69 (12.4)

54 (12.2)

62 (13.2)

66 (11.0)

73 (11.5)

117 (19.6

396 (20.4)

364 (15.1)

34 (13.2)

 Non-professionala

726 (81.4)

1399 (77.7)

425 (76.4)

350 (79.0)

355 (75.9)

482 (80.5)

517 (81.2)

434 (72.8)

1345 (69.4)

1803 (74.8)

196 (75.4)

 Total

892 (100)

1801 (100)

556 (100)

443 (100)

468 (100)

599 (100)

637 (100)

596 (100)

1939 (100)

2412 (100)

260 (100)

Education

 None

25 (2.8)

41 (2.3)

15 (2.7)

12 (2.7)

11 (2.4)

10 (1.7)

12 (1.9)

21 (3.5)

37 (1.9)

54 (2.2)

7 (2.7)

 Primary

92 (10.3)

151 (8.4)

43 (7.7)

50 (11.3)

41 (8.8)

39 (6.5)

70 (11.0)

68 (11.4)

207 (10.7)

253 (10.5)

25 (9.6)

 High School

313 (35.1)

584 (32.4)

183 (32.9)

157 (35.4)

162 (34.6)

165 (27.5)

213 (33.4)

200 (33.6)

669 (34.5)

782 (32.4)

93 (35.8)

 University

72 (8.1)

136 (7.6)

47 (8.5)

34 (7.7)

50 (10.7)

52 (8.7)

46 (7.2)

28 (4.7)

89 (4.6)

183 (7.6)

23 (8.8)

 Unspecified

390 (43.7)

889 (49.4)

268 (48.2)

190 (42.9)

204 (43.6)

333 (55.6)

296 (46.5)

279 (46.8)

937 (48.3)

1140 (47.3)

112 (43.1)

 Total

892 (100)

1801 (100)

556 (100)

443 (100)

468 (100)

599(100)

637 (100)

596 (100)

1939 (100)

2412 (100)

260 (100)

Marital Status

 Unmarried

649 (72.8)

1216 (67.5)

370 (66.5)

297 (67.0)

317 (67.7)

383 (63.9)

425 (66.7)

446 (74.8)

1374 (70.9)

1666 (69.1)

183 (70.4)

 Married

140 (15.7)

312 (17.3)

111 (20.0)

87 (19.6)

98 (20.9)

123 (20.5)

133 (20.9)

72 (12.1)

296 (15.3)

430 (17.8)

41 (15.8)

 Unspecified

103 (11.5)

273 (15.2)

75 (13.5)

59 (13.3)

53 (11.3)

93 (15.5)

79 (12.4)

78 (13.1)

269 (13.9)

316 (13.1)

36 (13.8)

 Total

892 (100)

1801 (100)

556 (100)

443 (100)

468 (100)

599(100)

637 (100)

596 (100)

1939 (100)

2412 (100)

260 (100)

  1. aThis category is classified by StatsSA as inclusive of armed forces, occupation unspecified and not elsewhere classified